Ahead of Valentine's Day, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is launching a short, funny and thought provoking promotional film, 'The Break-up' which asks everyone around the world to break-up with single-use plastics, such as mineral water ...

Bengaluru, Davangere, Kalaburagi and Hubballi-Dharwad are the four Karnataka cities where the Union Environment Ministry will launch an anti-pollution campaign with an aim of reducing air pollution by 35% in the next three years. They will be among 100 Indian ...

The keynote address will be given by United States President Donald Trump. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the opening plenary at the World Economic Forum's Davos summit next week, while the keynote address will be given by United States President Donald Trump at the annual jamboree of the global elite to be attended by 70 state heads. Besides, 38 heads of major international organisations such as the World Trade Organisation, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, as ...

Kim Jong Un on Monday warned the United States he has a "nuclear button" on his desk ready for use if North Korea is threatened, but offered an olive branch to South Korea, saying he was "open to dialogue" with Seoul. After a year dominated by fiery rhetoric ...

At the 12th R N Kao memorial lecture at the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) headquarters in New Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir Governor N N Vohra delivered an elloquent speech, in which he discussed the efficient and speedy implementation of the National Security ...

The Consulate General of Sweden in Mumbai and Swedish Chamber of Commerce launched a pilot project called Kraftsamla at the Magnetic Maharashtra, aimed to skill and train women from all walks of life in particular underprivileged to create readily employable ...

Anti-NKorea protesters burn flags before opening ceremony IMAGE: Police try to extinguish burnt portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during an anti-North Korea protest before the opening ceremony for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Friday. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters Hundreds of anti-North Korea protesters scuffled with riot police outside the Winter Olympics stadium in South Korea on Friday, hours before two of the North's most senior officials ...

Though most experts remain bullish on the banking space, they suggest investors buy only those banks whose NPAs are at a manageable level of 3% to 4% and there is credit growth or earnings visibility.Puneet Wadhwa reports. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Analysts caution investors to not rush to buy public sector bank stocks, instead evaluate them on a case-to-case basis and invest selectively, even as the government has announced a capital infusion of Rs 881 billion for such lenders.

The Trump administration has announced a new policy to modernise its nuclear arsenal by developing new smaller atomic bombs and enhancing its deterrence capabilities. The strategy, President Donald Trump said, is tailored and flexible to address the wide array of threats in the 21st century. "It pursues modernisation of our nuclear command, control, and communications, all three legs of our triad, our dual capable aircraft, and our nuclear infrastructure," said Trump after the the 2018 Nuclear ...